Graves, vice president, marketing & sales for Medieval Times. “Medieval Times originated in Spain, so it was natural that the creators chose the great Spanish Andalusian breed for its shows,” said Kerry D. Pure Spanish Horses:Prized by medieval royalty for its astonishing strength, agility and even temperament. Opened in 1991, the 241-acre Chapel Creek Ranch in North Texas is home to Quarter Horses, Friesians, Menorcans, as well as the Pure Spanish Horses the company breeds. There, the horses live out their lives in royal treatment. Then life as a pampered performer begins.Īfter a few years in the spotlight, the Medieval Times horses move back to the Chapel Creek Ranch. At age three, the horses move to their new homes - one of nine North American Castles - where they learn advanced-level dressage from a master horse trainer. Long reins and simple exercises such as lunging follow. As weanlings, Medieval Times horses are introduced to lead ropes and halters. Nearly all of their more than 400 horses are raised at Medieval Times’ Chapel Creek Ranch in Sanger, Texas. The magnificent stallions are born performers. Some of the most talented Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament cast members are the horses. Medieval Times admit roughly 2.5 million peasants annually. Medieval Times uses so many Andalusian, or Spanish, horses that they have their own breeding farm in Sanger, Texas
The last castle in their expansion opened in Scottsdale Arizona in 2019. The investment firm opened a second location in Buena Park, California in 1986, and a third in Lyndhurst, New Jersey in 1990. The Kissimmee location of Medieval Times saw its attendance rise steadily, from 183,000 in 1984 to 600,000 by 1993. In keeping with their (loose) interpretation of medieval practices, no utensils would be allowed. Their stage would be a massive sand floor attendees could enjoy Cornish hen and cheer for one of six knights depending on which section they were seated in. The appeal came from the idea of seeing what amounted to a live stunt show, with armored knights hoisting broad swords and ramming into one another in jousts.
By 1983, the first Medieval Times on American soil was open for business. Scouts visited Orlando, Florida in 1980 and came across a prime spot of real estate in Kissimmee, just 15 minutes from Walt Disney World. Sobol, the company’s lawyer, told the newspaper there were only two meetings with the union before its members went on strike and that the show will go on.Montaner put on a show in Spain for years before an investment panel was gathered to bring the idea to the States. “These people could go work at In-N-Out and make $25 without hurting their bodies.”ĭaniel J. “I’ve seen a lot of knights get carried away in an ambulance,” McCurdie said. Julia McCurdie, who also plays a queen, said actors have been injured on the job. The actors, who are part of the American Guild of Variety Artists, said the company has blocked efforts to raise wages and improve safety. The dinner theater - where audience members feast on chicken with their hands while watching jousts in a ring - has been flying in actors from its other locations to cover staffing gaps, said Erin Zapcic, who plays a queen at the theater and is among those walking off the job since Saturday.
The Orange County Register reports Tuesday about 50 performers and stable hands have gone on strike at Medieval Times about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles in Buena Park, California.
(AP) - From queens to knights, actors at a Southern California medieval-themed dinner theater have left the castle.
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